FEA UNIQUE CHAIR DESIGN

MESH:
Entity

Size

Nodes

6915

Elements 25874

ELEMENT TYPE:
Connectivity

Statistics

TE4

25874 ( 100.00% )

ELEMENT QUALITY:
Criterion

Good

Poor

Bad

Worst Average

Stretch

25874 ( 100.00% )

0 ( 0.00% )

0 ( 0.00% )

0.367

0.601

Aspect Ratio

21361 ( 82.56% )

4513 ( 17.44% ) 0 ( 0.00% )

4.547

2.076

Materials.1
Material

Plexiglass

Young's modulus

420609.274psi

Poisson's ratio

0.4

Density

0.043lb_in3

Coefficient of thermal expansion

7e-005_Kdeg

Yield strength

7977.072psi

Material

Black

Young's modulus

2.901e+007psi

Poisson's ratio

0.266

Density

0.284lb_in3

Coefficient of thermal expansion

0_Kdeg

Yield strength

0psi

Static Case
Boundary Conditions

Figure 1

STRUCTURE Computation
Number of nodes
Number of elements
Number of D.O.F.

: 6915
: 25874
: 20745

Number of Contact relations :

Number of Kinematic relations :

0
0

Linear tetrahedron : 25874

RESTRAINT Computation
Name: Restraints.1
Number of S.P.C : 1095

LOAD Computation
Name: Loads.1
Applied load resultant :
Fx = -1 . 648e-014
Fy = -1 . 688e-014
Fz = -3 . 000e+002
Mx = 5 . 518e+003
My = 4 . 950e+003
Mz = -5 . 817e-013

lbf
lbf
lbf
lbfxin
lbfxin
lbfxin

STIFFNESS Computation
Number of lines
: 20745
Number of coefficients
: 379287
Number of blocks
:
1
Maximum number of coefficients per bloc : 379287
Total matrix size
:
4 . 42 Mb

SINGULARITY Computation
Restraint: Restraints.1
Number of local singularities
:
Number of singularities in translation :
Number of singularities in rotation :

0
0
0

Generated constraint type

: MPC

CONSTRAINT Computation
Restraint: Restraints.1
Number of constraints
: 1095
Number of coefficients
:
0
Number of factorized constraints : 1095
Number of coefficients
:
0
Number of deferred constraints :
0

FACTORIZED Computation
Method
:
SPARSE
Number of factorized degrees
: 19650
Number of supernodes
:
1993
Number of overhead indices
: 109206
Number of coefficients
: 2317557
Maximum front width
:
480
Maximum front size
: 115440
Size of the factorized matrix (Mb) :
17 . 6816
Number of blocks
:
3
Number of Mflops for factorization :
4 . 826e+002
Number of Mflops for solve
:
9 . 368e+000
Minimum relative pivot
:
2 . 668e-004
Minimum and maximum pivot
Value

Dof Node

x (in)

y (in)

z (in)

7.9444e+005

Tx

1023 1.6320e+000 -3.0125e+001 -1.7360e+001

5.2557e+010

Tz

6771 5.1299e+000 -6.5305e+000 -1.7428e+001

Minimum pivot
Value

Dof Node

x (in)

y (in)

z (in)

1.2004e+006

Ty

510

1.3321e+001 -3.3392e+001

2.3357e+001

1.1920e+007

Tx

481

2.1497e+001 -3.3392e+001

3.5006e+000

2.2445e+007

Tz

560

0.0000e+000 -5.8919e+000 -2.1258e+001

2.3103e+007

Tz

229

7.3823e+000 -3.4892e+001

1.7654e+001

2.4394e+007

Ty

1023 1.6320e+000 -3.0125e+001 -1.7360e+001

2.4507e+007

Tx

510

1.3321e+001 -3.3392e+001

2.4972e+007

Tx

161

2.5149e+001 -3.4892e+001 -1.7502e+001

2.8017e+007

Ty

229

7.3823e+000 -3.4892e+001

1.7654e+001

2.9850e+007

Ty

234

1.1147e+001 -3.4892e+001

2.4401e+001

2.3357e+001

Translational pivot distribution

Value

Percentage

10.E5 --> 10.E6

5.0891e-003

10.E6 --> 10.E7

5.0891e-003

10.E7 --> 10.E8

6.5649e-001

10.E8 --> 10.E9

1.3318e+001

10.E9 --> 10.E10

5.0285e+001

10.E10 --> 10.E11 3.5730e+001

DIRECT METHOD Computation

Name: Static Case Solution.1
Restraint: Restraints.1

Load: Loads.1
Strain Energy : 2.316e-005 J
Equilibrium
Components

Applied
Forces

Reactions

Residual

Fx (lbf)

-1.6477e-014

4.0244e-013

3.8596e-013

2.6017e-014

Fy (lbf)

-1.6877e-014

2.3551e-013

2.1863e-013

1.4738e-014

Fz (lbf)

-3.0000e+002

3.0000e+002

6.8212e-013

4.5982e-014

5.5176e+003 -5.5176e+003 -3.0013e-011

2.2829e-012

Mx (lbfxin)

Relative
Magnitude Error

My (lbfxin)

4.9500e+003 -4.9500e+003 -2.5466e-011

1.9370e-012

Mz (lbfxin)

-5.8168e-013

8.0465e-013

1.1161e-011

1.0579e-011

Static Case Solution.1 - Deformed mesh.2

Figure 2
On deformed mesh ---- On boundary ---- Over all the model

Static Case Solution.1 - Von Mises stress (nodal

values).2

Figure 3
3D elements: : Components: : All
On deformed mesh ---- On boundary ---- Over all the model

Static Case Solution.1 - Deformed mesh.1

Figure 4
On deformed mesh ---- On boundary ---- Over all the model

Static Case Solution.1 - Translational displacement

magnitude.1

Figure 5
3D elements: : Components: : All
On deformed mesh ---- On boundary ---- Over all the model

Static Case Solution.1 - Von Mises stress (nodal

values).1

Figure 6
3D elements: : Components: : All
On deformed mesh ---- On boundary ---- Over all the model

Static Case Solution.1 - Estimated local error.1

Figure 7
3D elements: : Components: : All
On all Elements ---- Over all the model

Static Case Solution.1 - Stress principal tensor

component (nodal values).1

Figure 8
3D elements: : Components: : C11
On deformed mesh ---- On boundary ---- Over all the model

Global Sensors
Sensor Name

Sensor Value

Energy

2.316e-005J

Global Error Rate (%) 16.563575745